unsigned long irqflags;
        unsigned int seq;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->vbl_lock, irqflags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, irqflags);
+
+       spin_lock(&dev->vbl_lock);
        vblank_disable_and_save(dev, crtc);
        wake_up(&vblank->queue);
 
+       /*
+        * Prevent subsequent drm_vblank_get() from re-enabling
+        * the vblank interrupt by bumping the refcount.
+        */
+       if (!vblank->inmodeset) {
+               atomic_inc(&vblank->refcount);
+               vblank->inmodeset = 1;
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&dev->vbl_lock);
+
        /* Send any queued vblank events, lest the natives grow disquiet */
        seq = drm_vblank_count_and_time(dev, crtc, &now);
 
-       spin_lock(&dev->event_lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(e, t, &dev->vblank_event_list, base.link) {
                if (e->pipe != crtc)
                        continue;
                drm_vblank_put(dev, e->pipe);
                send_vblank_event(dev, e, seq, &now);
        }
-       spin_unlock(&dev->event_lock);
-
-       /*
-        * Prevent subsequent drm_vblank_get() from re-enabling
-        * the vblank interrupt by bumping the refcount.
-        */
-       if (!vblank->inmodeset) {
-               atomic_inc(&vblank->refcount);
-               vblank->inmodeset = 1;
-       }
-
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->vbl_lock, irqflags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, irqflags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_vblank_off);
 
 {
        struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e, *t;
        struct timeval now;
-       unsigned long flags;
        unsigned int seq;
 
-       seq = drm_vblank_count_and_time(dev, crtc, &now);
+       assert_spin_locked(&dev->event_lock);
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, flags);
+       seq = drm_vblank_count_and_time(dev, crtc, &now);
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(e, t, &dev->vblank_event_list, base.link) {
                if (e->pipe != crtc)
                send_vblank_event(dev, e, seq, &now);
        }
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
-
        trace_drm_vblank_event(crtc, seq);
 }
 
        if (!dev->num_crtcs)
                return false;
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, irqflags);
+
        /* Need timestamp lock to prevent concurrent execution with
         * vblank enable/disable, as this would cause inconsistent
         * or corrupted timestamps and vblank counts.
         */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->vblank_time_lock, irqflags);
+       spin_lock(&dev->vblank_time_lock);
 
        /* Vblank irq handling disabled. Nothing to do. */
        if (!vblank->enabled) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->vblank_time_lock, irqflags);
+               spin_unlock(&dev->vblank_time_lock);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, irqflags);
                return false;
        }
 
                          crtc, (int) diff_ns);
        }
 
+       spin_unlock(&dev->vblank_time_lock);
+
        wake_up(&vblank->queue);
        drm_handle_vblank_events(dev, crtc);
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->vblank_time_lock, irqflags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, irqflags);
+
        return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_handle_vblank);